The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 26, 2151
Waxing Gibbous
62.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:18 PM
3:54 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.3%
- Age
- 8.3 days
- Distance
- 369,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2823
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 104.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.4° / 44.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 27m / 24.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 109.82° / 2.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.56° / -2.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 73.58° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.